Crop rotation, tillage and crop residue management for wheat and maize in the sub-humid tropical highlands II. Maize and system performance

Field Crops Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 123-137

  Fischer, R A ^a,b   Santiveri, F ^a,c   Vidal, I R ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b ACIAR   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Crop rotation; Net economic benefit; Residue management; Triticum aestivum; Vicia sativa; Zea mays; Zero tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; EROSION; HERBICIDES; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; WEED CONTROL;

RESIDUE RETENTION;

CROPS;

CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; MAIZE; TILLAGE; YIELD;

MEXICO;

ANIMALIA; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA; VICIA SATIVA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037147395     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(02)00158-2     Document Type: Article

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